Fence-machine



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FENCE MACHINE the block by which the wire is manipulated,

the keys m m.

machines are, first, to build afence with pick- UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOSHUA H. BEAVERS, OF NEW CASTLE, ASSIGNOR vOF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES M.REED, OF FAYET'IE COUNTY, INDIANA.

FENCE-M SPECIFICATEON forming part of Letters Patent N9. 352,111, datedNovember 9, 1886.

Application filed March 1, 1386.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA H. BEAvnRs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Castle, in the county of Hen ry, Stateof Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Machine for the Building and Construction ofFences; and I dodeclare, thefollowing to be a full, clear, andexactdescription ofthe same, such as will enable others skilled intheart to which it appertains to make and use the same. reference beinghadto the accompanying drawings and the letters and figures of 'referencemarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fence-building machines; and theobjects of my ets and wire, in which the wire, not being twisted, ortwisted but once, at the opt-ion of the operator, can be taken downandused a second time, or oftener, if desired; second, to build a fence inwhich the wire will have a uniform tension throughout; and, third, tofurnish a machine in which the tension is self-adjusting, and the wholeof which shall be inexpensive. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a viewof the entire machine set up ready to operate. Fig. 2 is a front view ofthe tension device; and Fig. 3 shows the arm and haspshaped semicircularpiece carrying which, for convenience of reference, I call the handv Mymachines consist of theperpendicnlar staft a, the arms b b, the hands cc, the'blocks d d, and the pivots of the hand e e, and pivots of theblock n n, which constitute my machine for weaving the wire.

My tension device consists of the perpendicular frame-pieces f f, thebase-piece g, and the rollers di, the journals j j, the bolts Z l, and

My machines are constructed as follows, to wit:V

rlhe arms b b are composed of two pieces, one end of each of which isdovetailedinto the sides of the perpendicular staff c. The hand c is acast-iron, nearly semicircular, piece, the wrist of which exactly fitsthe space between the two pieces of the arm b, and is one-third thatsize at the other cnd.- It is connected with the arm and operated SerialNo. 193,652. (Model.)

by the pivot e, the other end or point of the hand c, being inserted ina slot in t-he block d, and attached thereto by means of the pivotn.

My tension device is constructed as follows, to wit: The perpendicularframe-piecesff are inserted in the base-piece g. The journalsjj areinserted in the perpendicular frame-pieces, which are held to theirplaces by means of the bolts ZZ. The rollers ii, resting uponthejournalsj j, are concaved at the end for the purpose of giving aneven pressure in the entire circumference of the roller against the sideof the perpendicular pieces f f. The keys m m are inserted in a mortisethrough the `journals j j, which keys bear against the side of theperpendicular pieces ff with sufficient force to keep the wire taut whenwound about the rollers in building the fence. rIhe mortises through thejournals are cut in such a way as to permit the keys m to draw thejournalsj. k is a simple crank placed upon thejournalsj, for the purposeof turning the rollers.

My machines are operated byplacing the tension device at the farthestpoint to which the fence is desired to be built, or upon the line uponwhich the fence is desired to be built at any convenient point thereof,driving the stakes h h into the ground through or in front Aofbase pieceg, and otherwise substantially fastening the tension device, to preventits being moved by the Wire in tightening. The amount of wire which willprobably be consumed by crossing and twisting the wire about the picketsis then wound around the rollers, and the other end of the wire is thencarried back and fastened to a post at the end from which itis desiredto build the fence. The wire is then tightened by means Vof the crank kon the j ournalsj, turning the rollers r'. The machine for twisting orcrossing the wire is now placed upon the wire by inserting the wire uponthe upper roller, t, in the notch o in the lower end of the block d, andthe wire from the lower roller of the same series of rollers in theupper end of the same block. The wires being thus placed, by moving theperpendicular staff` a either upward or downward, as the case may be,the hand cis caused to describe a complete circle, less thewidth of thearm b upon the pivot e, and the block d describes about one-fourth of acircle, thus twisting the wire, or, if it is desired, only crossing thewire.

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The perpendieulnrsmff a is moved upward or l 2. The combination of theperpendicular downward only one hall' of the distance until frame-piecesff, the base g, the stakes hh, the the hand c has described nearly frhalf-circle, rollersrl i, thejour1mlsjj,the crank k, the bolts i5 when apicket is inserted between the wires. Z l and the keys m m, allsubstantially as seb 5 The perpendieulurstziff is then moved on untilforth and described, for the purposes herein the hund has described :Lcomplete circle, less l named. the Width of the arm, thus alternate] ycrossing l the Wires above und below each other. l

I cliiin JOSHUA H. BEAVERS.

1o l, The combination of the staff a, the arms b b, as herein described,the hands c c, the pivots e e, and the blocks d d, with the pivots n n.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL H. BROWN, MARK l?. TURNER.

